Anna Dressed in Blood

Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until his gruesome murder by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead—keeping pesky things like the future and friends at bay. When they arrive in a new town in search of a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas doesn’t expect anything outside of the ordinary: move, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he’s never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, but now stained red and dripping blood. Since her death, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into the deserted Victorian she used to call home. And she, for whatever reason, spares his life.

I've read so many reviews about this book that I got a little afraid of being disappointed. When I started reading I thought it went to slow so I skimmed a bit but all of a sudden it turned. The book got very interesting and exciting and I had some issues putting it down at nights.

Anna is a very interesting character and I'm hoping to learn more about her in the second book in this duology. I liked Cas too but I had a big problem with the instalove. In two seconds, Cas loved Anna, a ghost. It didn't seem really realistic if you ask me.

Anyway, I'm going to read Girl of nightmares as soon as I can and if you're into ghost and paranormal romance - I recommend this book.

Anna dressed in blood by Kendare Blake 
Paperback, 373 pages
Orchard Books
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